Stratigraphy and vertebrate paleoecology of upper cretaceous-? Lowest paleogene strata on vega island, antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 402, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-72

  Roberts, Eric M ^a   Lamanna, Matthew C ^b   Clarke, Julia A ^c   Meng, Jin ^d   Gorscak, Eric ^e   Sertich, Joseph J W ^f   O'Connor, Patrick M ^e   Claeson, Kerin M ^g   MacPhee, Ross D E ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^g PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cretaceous; Paleoecology; Stratigraphy; Vega Island; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BURROW; CONGLOMERATE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PEBBLE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VERTEBRATE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; SEYMOUR ISLAND; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84897087628     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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